[New PCR28 STI Testing at Pulse Clinic Silom]

21 hours ago, Pantherz said:

Are there any bars or massage parlors in Thailand that are known for routinely and systematically testing their staff for STIs? Or is it all left up to the workers to do?

SWING Pattaya visit the Jomtien Complex quite often and provide free blood tests for the bar and massage workers but I have not heard of any bars or shops that routinely have their staff tested. It certainly would be good for a bar or massage shop to advise customers that their workers are tested on a regular basis.

https://www.love2test.org/clinic/swing-pattaya

[New PCR28 STI Testing at Pulse Clinic Silom]

On 2/21/2024 at 6:48 PM, Shonen said:

Just had the 28 different types test done. Everything fine except Gonnerrhea found from throat swab.

Given 1,000 mg of something into my butt. Hope it works. They would not have found this in USA as my doctor does only the blood draw and urine sample.

The majority of sex workers in Thailand have the blood tests but none of the boys I talk to about testing have ever had the throat and butt swab. As your experience with testing shows Gonorrhea and also Chlamydia may not be detected by just having the blood tests. Many of the bar and massage boys and those on the apps could be carrying stds for a long time without knowing unless symptoms become evident and require treatment.

[Short time room]

23 hours ago, soi23 said:

Where are the cleanest short time room close to Jomtien complex . I live in Naklua but plan to spend some more time in Jomtien . Only place I have been was on second rd and it was less than desirable .

M Bar has a clean short time room upstairs in the bar. 

[Need a doctor recommendation]

On 12/2/2023 at 10:40 AM, zombie said:

If you are in Pattaya one hospital you could visit is BKK Pattaya hospital.

 

If you go to BKK Pattaya Hospital or any Pattaya private hospitaI, I recommend that you buy any meds they prescribe at an outside pharmacy. There is a big markup on meds at the hospital pharmacy. I was at BKK Pattaya Hospital last weekend for a procedure and still a bit dizzy afterwards, I paid without checking too closely, 4850 baht for the meds. I did a bit of research afterwards and I could have purchased the meds for 40% less outside the hospital. There is a Fascino pharmacy nearby the hospital.

[Nice Boys going upscale]

13 hours ago, t0oL1 said:

Perhaps a bottle would have been in order.

They may rip off the customer like they did to a friend of mine at a Boyztown go go bar and deliver a boy drink chit for every drink the boys took from the bottle of whisky he purchased.

[Nice Boys going upscale]

31 minutes ago, orson said:

 there's a caricature of a farang on stage with 2 dates - I guess he has passed on. Was he the original owner or just one of the great customers? 

Charlie from New York was a great customer of Nice Boys and has passed on.

Two of the Nice Boys were looking for customers late morning in Jomtien Complex recently as they said they were not getting tips like before the bar changed to the current format.

[Bar boys in Jomtien Complex]

The air conditioning at M Bar in Jomtien Complex has been fixed and it is now much more comfortable inside the bar. They also put a/c in the store room at the back of the bar so i suggested to M that it might be suitable for a short time room but i am fairly sure that M had already thought about that possibility😉

[How is Jomtien Complex during low season?]

22 hours ago, kokopelli3 said:

Last night I was in Jomtien Complex aka Supertown and visited M Bar which had many boys but the Air Con was not operating so quite warm inside. So on to DoDo Bar which was nice and cool and had about 6  nice boys doing dancing for the customers and it was busy with customers. Drinks were about 130B

Charlie, the owner of Dodo and Sunee Intimate bars is joining the management team of M Bar and told me that he will soon fix the air conditioning. It has been very warm inside the bar which has made me avoid going there. One advantage of M Bar besides the boys is the low volume level of the music compared to being blasted by noise in the main Complex Soi most nights.

[DoDo Bar - Jomtien Complex]

The Dodo boys love dancing. The bar has a constant flow of customers and it was diffcult to find a seat last night but much easier to find a boy to have a drink with.

[DoDo Bar - Jomtien Complex]

Now that Dodo Bar has been doing well with mostly twinks and a couple of average build guys, there may be an opportunitty for Dodo bar or another bar in the Jomtien Complex to provide a similar style venue with bigger build and some more muscular men. Others have mentioned that they are not into the twink look at all so there may be enough customers, especially in high season to support this suggestion. 

[DoDo Bar - Jomtien Complex]

2 hours ago, macaroni21 said:

Although Krazy Dragon had a gogo stage which would not be possible in Jomtien Complex, the stage was not key to it's success. It was that the boys would literally come dance on your table. With their loose shorts - another thing DoDo can copy - the boys' appendages were often flapping away beneath the thin textile (no underwear of course). And they were game for a grope or two, for a tip.

At Dodo Bar the boys will get very close up, most of the the shorts are loose with plenty of exploration going on from my observations recently.

I suggested to a bar owner a while back to try a similar concept like Dodo Bar has implemented or at least get all the boys in see through singlets. He said he was worried if the boys were all wearing that attire it would be easy for immigration to pick out the staff who were  here illegally when they did a raid. Fair enough, but the lack of innovation in the Jomtien Complex by most of the bars is rather uninspiring . So kudos to Dodo Bar for providing some good entertainment, and we need to support them to keep it going and getting even better.

[DoDo Bar - Jomtien Complex]

They keep finding new boys at Dodo Bar and they are getting more playful every day.

[DoDo Bar - Jomtien Complex]

16 hours ago, Keithambrose said:

Do the jeans come off?

The boys keep their pants on. The bar owner knows the limitations of the entertainment allowed in the main soi of the Jomtien Complex.

[DoDo Bar - Jomtien Complex]

Dodo Bar last night.

[DoDo Bar - Jomtien Complex]

Dodo Bar _ another video clip

[DoDo Bar - Jomtien Complex]

I visited Dodo Bar the last two nights since opening. They will have some different boys each night. The bar was packed with customers last night. An excellent addition to the entertainment available in the Jomtien Complex.

[Venue owners]

On 7/31/2023 at 12:48 PM, Olddaddy said:

Just wondering if anyone knows if it's the same owners of The Venue in jomtien as before.

There used be 2 British guys ,I heard one  had passed away years ago but that was unconfirmed.

I guess also Madame Karen would of passed by now .

 

Madam Karen is still around and visits Jomtien Complex most days when in Pattaya.

[How is Jomtien Complex during low season?]

8 minutes ago, Travellerdave said:

I’m due in Pats in about 4 weeks. I’m undecided where to stay BT AREA or in the Complex. I’ve always enjoyed gogos and prefer them to the Complex bars. Am I right in saying that  BT gogos open at the moment are Classic, X-boys, Abomb and Toy Boys ?. What are the boys wearing whilst on stage ?.  Winner in Sunee has been a favourite of mine Any member been there recently ?. 

Classic, X-boys and Toy Boys are wearing briefs. Dream Boys were wearing jeans on my last visit two weeks ago. Another member may have more info about Boyz Boyz Boyz and Abomb.

Winner Boys is still going with around ten boys wearing briefs. Nice Boys on Soi VC may be wearing nothing at various stages but usually wearing briefs.

[How is Jomtien Complex during low season?]

On 8/3/2023 at 10:39 AM, Shonen said:

I know JKQ bar has closed. I wonder where the twinks that worked there went to. I won’t be arriving till October to try to save the place.

The staff from JQK moved to other bars in the Jomtien Complex and some to Boyztown. The Cambodian owners of JQK have opened Classic Boy Bar in Boyztown. After a slow start they had sixteen boys there on Saturday night. I remember seeing the management of JQK when it was still open, showing a large group of Cambodian boys around the Complex one afternoon in preperation to setup Classic Boys.

[How is Jomtien Complex during low season?]

2 hours ago, Londoner said:

Plenty of masseurs available in the afternoon, too. There's a new (I think it's new) gay bar which also offered massages in that small soi that leads to the beach, behind Bamboo and the money exchanges. 

Zoomer was closed today and may stay that way as the owner Charlie has taken over the management of Dodo Bar in Jomtien Complex, as well as already operating the nearby Sunee Bar adjacent to the Venue Show Bar. Charlie is also going to open a go go bar in Sunee Plaza in October across from Winner Bar.

Two interesting poles on podiums went up at the front of B.N Bar in the Jomtien Complex over the last few days so I will looking to see if they are being used when i visit there tonight. I have suggested this idea in the past to other bar owners. We cannot have go go bars in the Complex because of the local bylaws but i see no reason why we cannot have boys danciing on a podium to attract customers.

Dragon music has been sold with the new Thai owner taking over this week. There are plenty of other bars for sale but that is not unusual in the Complex. 

[How to ask a boy to take a hiv test?]

I asked a boy to get tested and he replied that the last test he had was two years ago and the needle hurt so he refused to get tested again. I explained to him the importance of getting regular checks and it is free for him to get tested by Swing although i was willing to pay for him at a clinic.

He still refused. Needless to say i am not seeing him anymore but it shows how careless some of the boys are with their own health and also with ours. 

[The end of Jomtien Complex?]

The Jomtien Complex has some interesting creatures walking the sois with the old farang referred to as the "Predator" in his never changing outfit and carrying a small plastic bag. He rarely or i have never seen him buy a drink and he lurks in the shadows, leering at the boys and hoping to catch one walking past to get his line account. He is one seriously creepy looking man and has been banned from entering some of the bars.

Another is a very large farang who looks like a cross between "Sir Les Patterson" or "Jabba The Hutt"  is following the boys into the toilets and was openly sucking a boy's cock in Question Mark Bar last night as i walked past. I guess we all want more fun times in the Complex but i was thinking more of a Cupidol or Toy Boys type go go bar if the local laws ever changed. Maybe a bar similar to Sunee Plaza's Eros Bar is needed if this is what some of the current customers want.

[The end of Jomtien Complex?]

16 hours ago, gayinpattaya said:

As for the loud comment, you haven't been around much clearly. Many expats have migrated from the main soi, around to the smaller, quieter bars near Dicks Cafe. With @HomeBar, Jewel Bar, Sun Bar, Dragon and Palace always fighting over music dominance it's often impossible to have a conversation even when shouting at each other. Many people I know simply refuse to go to those bars anymore because they can't hear themselves think. When ? and 69 Bar join in the madness, the whole soi is a write off. 

Last night was a perfect example of the downhill spiral of the Jomtien Complex. Question Mark Bar and Sun Bar both had music blaring at maximum volume making it impossible to have a conversation. I retreated to Lucky Bar bar near Dick's Cafe and then to M Bar which is also a go to place for a quiet drink. The loud music is losing customers for the boys in the main soi who will miss out on drinks and offs with customers moving away to a quieter location or just going home. 

With no Toy Boys (Boyztown), Nice Boys or Winner Bar (Sunee Plaza) type of entertainment allowed in the Complex it is becoming quite boring with so many beer bars and show bars.

[Saturday Night in Pattaya Bars]

On 5/2/2023 at 12:48 PM, kokopelli3 said:

For the air con aficionados, one air con unit was broken and  is now repaired as of last night; now pleasantly cool! 

A few customers and about 6 boys on stage last night. One customer was constantly calling boys over to inspect the merchandise and tip them. Another was also giving out some 50 B tips to one and all the lads. And others sat on their hands; a typical night at a go-go club. 

 

 

 

 

I often found Winner Bar to be a bit on the warm side and Nice Boys on the smokey side but i can tolerate that for the entertainment that is being provided.

M Bar in Jomtien Complex has very cool air con and has been busy lately on these hot nights.

[Filipino boys vs Thai boys]

11 hours ago, scott456 said:

I am curious what you found in Taiwan.  I know there are plenty of bottom boys and almost no tops in Taiwan.

I like twinks and as in most places there are plenty of bottoms and tops of all sizes if that is what you are looking for. I was age 50yo when i first starting visiting Taiwan for over a dozen stays of one month each time and travelled to all the major cities. I met many guys online through Hornet, Blued and Grindr. I paid only once and never again when i started meeting some of the hottest twinks who never asked for money and would have been insulted if i had offered. Most are university students or have a job and had no interest in being paid for sex. The guys never asked but I was happy to pay for our meals together or go to to see a movie as i know their income is not great. 

I will visit Taiwan later this year for Gay Pride and catch up with my friends there. Taiwan is worth a visit just for the sightseeing in the cities and countryside.